CoM Moderators Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 Historical Events 1712 - The Riot Act takes effect in Great Britain.1940 - Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart - "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey, with vocal by Frank Sinatra is #11942 - Time magazine puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover1944 - Flying Fortresses of US 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau1948 - Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champion1977 - Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causes $350 million damageMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1744 - Henri Hamal, Belgian organist and composer, born in Liège (d. 1820)1895 - László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)1908 - [Vincent] Mad Dog Coll, Irish-American mob hitman, born in Gweedore, Ireland (d. 1932)1918 - Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, born in Mart, Texas (d. 2006)1924 - Hans Lodeizen [Johannes A. Frederik], Dutch poet (Inner Self), born in Naarden, Netherlands (d. 1950)1945 - Paul Valéry [Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry], French author, philosopher and poet (La Jeune Parque), born in Sète, Hérault (d. 1945)More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1160 - Peter Lombard, French theologian1636 - John Oldham, English-born Puritan settler in Massachusetts, murdered by Indians at 441908 - Federico Chueca, Spanish composer, dies at 621940 - Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide1944 - Claus von Stauffenberg, German antifascist colonel (attempted to assassinate Hitler), dies by firing squad at 361968 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies at 60More Famous Deaths »
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